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It's very worrying Falling leaves and ripening apples - why does it feel like autumn in August?
Science correspondent
3 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
President of Zambia in row with predecessor's family over his funeral
A row over whether the Zambian president, Hakainde Hichilema, will preside over the funeral of his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, is raging, as the deceased's family wages a legal battle in South Africa to try to stop his body from being repatriated to Zambia.
2 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Calls for rent controls as data highlights strain on tenants
Renting a home in England is increasingly unaffordable, according to official figures that show tenants now pay an average of more than a third of their income on rent.
1 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Sweden's Former National Security Adviser on Trial After Documents Were Left in Hotel
Sweden's former national security adviser has gone on trial for the allegedly negligent handling of classified information, seven months after he resigned amid revelations he had left official documents in a hotel.
2 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Labour 2-0 down but can still turn things around, says Sadiq Khan
Labour would be 2-0 down were its time in government a football match, one of the party's most senior figures has said while admitting its first year in office has been difficult.
1 min |
August 19, 2025
The Guardian
Grealish was never obedient at City but now a glorious third act beckons
A figure toils alone at Bodymoor Heath. The light fades, but against the setting sun his silhouette is distinctive: the floppy hair, the hunched gait, the vast calves. Jack Grealish is working, honing and polishing, inventing, striving at the limits of technical excellence.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Fifa Weighs Up Biennial Club World Cup
Fifa will consider holding the Club World Cup every two years from 2029 in a move that would put more pressure on the international calendar and trigger another backlash from the Premier League and Uefa.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Bayindir's gaffe highlights Amorim muddle and hands points to Arsenal
Blazing sunshine and a new marquee serving craft ale behind the Stretford End: Manchester United began in a shiny new world and finished in the gloom of another defeat.
3 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Farke: I want to keep club in promised land
Manager insists Leeds 'belong in Premier League' as he builds a taller, tougher side to keep them there
3 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Bayindir blunders Amorim stands by keeper after Arsenal grind out win
Ruben Amorim defended Altay Bayindir after goalkeeping blunders returned to haunt Old Trafford when the Turkish player's error allowed Riccardo Calafiori to head in the winner for Arsenal.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Dry seasons: how rainy England could soon be running out of water
During the drought of 2022, London came perilously close to running out of water.
7 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
RFL faces loss of £16m funding
The Rugby Football League has been told it will not receive the next instalment of government funding due next month unless it addresses concerns in Westminster about the sport's governance.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Hamas attack Ex-spy chief said 50 must die for each Israeli victim
The Israeli general who headed military intelligence on 7 October 2023 has said 50 Palestinians must die for every person killed that day and \"it does not matter now if they are children\", in recordings broadcast by Israel's Channel 12 TV station.
1 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Seductive dark prince Mesmerising and unknowable - but a febrile kind of talent
A stranger arrives, makes love to everyone and then leaves,\" said Pier Paolo Pasolini to Terence Stamp, outlining the plot of his 1968 classic Theorem. \"That's your part.\" Stamp exclaimed. \"I can play that.\" It was the role that the man was born to play and would play, with subtle variations, throughout his career.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Don't panic' Labour can repair trust - and defeat Farage, says Straw
Keir Starmer and his ministers must not \"panic\" about Nigel Farage, the former home secretary Jack Straw advises.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Taking flight: the plan to get golden eagles nesting in England again
Golden eagles could return to England for the first time in 150 years, as a study is expected to conclude there are enough suitable sites to support their reintroduction.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Israeli Media: Hunger in Gaza Has Been Ignored, But Is That Changing?
Images of Palestinian children in Gaza emaciated by hunger under the blockade imposed by Israel, and of families grieving the more than 61,000 people killed in the territory, have stirred outrage among foreign governments and much of the global public.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
IDF prepares to force 1m people out of Gaza City
Palestinians were braced for a new humanitarian disaster yesterday after the Israeli military said it was preparing for the forcible displacement of 1 million people from Gaza City.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Three US states to send national guard troops to Washington DC
Three US states are to deploy hundreds of members of their national guard to Washington DC as part of the Trump administration's effort to overhaul policing in the capital through a federal crackdown.
1 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
UK and EU at Zelenskyy's side for talks with Trump
European leaders including Keir Starmer will join Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at a White House meeting today with Donald Trump, in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-backed plan that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.
4 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
'It Was My Duty' Over-60s Arrested for Protesting Against Ban Explain Why They Did It
In recent weeks, hundreds of people have been arrested for taking part in demonstrations organised by the campaign group Defend Our Juries. Their alleged crime is expressing support for Palestine Action, which has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation by Yvette Cooper, the home secretary.
7 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Twenty years of socialism likely to end as Bolivians head to polls
Bolivians went to the polls yesterday in an election that could mark a shift to the right – and the end of nearly 20 years of rule by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas).
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Channel 5 to revive Play for Today with aim of discovering new talent
It was one of the most influential British TV series of the last century, renowned for exploring thorny societal issues and bringing the work of emerging talent, such as Helen Mirren, Dennis Potter, Alison Steadman and Ray Winstone to mass audiences.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
EV registrations hit new high in Europe as more budget-friendly models roll out
A record number of electric cars were registered in western Europe between April and June, as more affordable models came to market, according to research.
1 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
UK's First Transgender Judge Challenges Supreme Court Ruling on Biological Sex
The UK's first transgender judge has launched a case against the UK in the European Court of Human Rights, challenging the process that led to the Supreme Court's ruling on biological sex.
3 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
FTSE 100 bosses get record pay for third year running
Bosses of Britain's largest listed companies have taken home record-high pay packets for the third successive year, according to a thinktank.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
New signings and new hope but same old goalkeeping agonies hold United back
New seasons are never new starts, not entirely. The sun may have been shining and the temperature in the mid-20s. There may have been new kits on the pitch and new flags in the stands.
3 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Chance for fans of Downton Abbey to bid for costumes, props - and car
Downton Abbey fans will be able to bid for a souvenir from the period drama in a charity auction selling costumes worn by the characters, furniture from the stately home and even the family car used in the ITV series and subsequent films.
1 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
Not part of our culture' Debate grows in France over child-free holidays
Child-free resorts and adult-only hotels are discriminatory, risk creating a society of intolerance and should be banned, a French senator has said amid a debate in France on whether it is inhumane to exclude children from holidays.
2 min |
August 18, 2025
The Guardian
People are scared to order' California wine producers feel the tariff squeeze
Kory Burke, a small producer of high-quality wines in central California, never believed that tariffs on imports from France or Italy would boost his business. But as soon as Donald Trump announced last month that he was slapping a 15% levy on all goods from the European Union, he realized they would instead be a huge hindrance.
4 min |